there are twelue sygnes in the Zodyacke so are there twelue monthes in the yeare eache sygne to his month Wherfore beware before and make purueyaunce therefore and looke when Saturne reigneth in the iii. winter sygnes that is to say Capricorne Aquarie and Pisces and so long those vii yeares and halfe a yeare shal be scarsenes and dearth of corne fruite Beastes and all other thinges for in the .iii. yeares signes he hath might and most power to fulfyll his malice if he be not letted by neighbourhood of any good planet ¶ What the Thunder signifyeth in euery yeare THunder in Ianuary sygnyfyeth the same yeare great wyndes plentye of corne and battaile peraduenture also Thunder in February sygnifyeth that same yeare many men namely rich men shall dye in great sicknesse Thunder in March signifyeth that same yeare great windes plentye of cornes and debate amongest people Thunder in Aprill signifyeth that same yeare to be fruitfull and merry and also death of wicked men Thunder in Maye sygnifyeth that yeare neede scarcenesse and dearth of cornes and greate hunger Thunder in Iune signifieth that same yeare that woodes shal be ouercasten with windes and great raging shall be of Lyons and Wolues and so lyke of other harmefull Beastes Thunder in Iuly signifyeth that same yeare shal be good corne and fruites of Beastes that is to say their strength shall perishe Thunder in August signifyeth the same yeare sorrowe wayling of many and of most hote thinges and also many shall bee sicke Thunder in September signifieth that same yere great wynd copye of corne that is to say plenteous and occasyon of folke that is to say much falling Thunder in October signifyeth the same yeare great winde and scantnesse of cornes of fruites and trees Thunder in Nouember signifyeth that same yeare to be fruitefull and merry and cheape corne Thunder in December signifyeth that same yeare cheape corne and of wheate peace and accord among the people ¶ This Chapter following declareth what are the euill dayes and forbodd en in the yeare And also which be the best bleeding dayes in the yeare WYt thou well that in euery month be two euill dayes one in waxing of the Moone and another in the wanynge The Kalenders sheweth them and their howers openly ynough in the whiche dayes if anye folke take sickenesse or beginne anye newe thinge it is great grace if euer it fare well or come to good ende Also there are fyftye Caniculer dayes that is to saye for the xv Kalend. of August to the Nonas of September in the whiche dayes it is forbidden by Astronomye to all maner of folkes that they let them no blood ne take no drinkes also good it is to abstaine then from women and they shold great leches know and keepe and teache to other men For whye all that time reygneth a starre that is called Caniculacanis in latten a hound in English nowe of this foresaid star Canicula the foresaide fyftye daies are called Caniculer dayes that is to say hore dayes and byting as a Bytch for the kinde of the star Canycula is boyling and brenning as fyre and biting as a bytch whelp that time the heate of the sunne and of the star is so dowlcet and violent that mens bodyes at midnight sweates as at midday and swelleth lightly bloweth and brenneth and if they then be hurt then be they more sicke then at anye other time and right neerer dead In those dayes all venemous Serpentes creepeth flyeth and gendreth so they ouerset hugely the ayre in seeding of their kind so that many men are dead thereby there agayne all the so â—â—…er namely those dayes a fyre is good nighte and daye and holesome And seethe such meates and take heeds of great violent meates Also from the xviii Kalend of October to the xvii Kalend of Nouember looke thou take no colde for then the powers of man of earth of althings else setten And they maye not 〈◊〉 agayne till the evill Kalend. of a plil wherefore such thinges as thou takest within the powers thaffection the shalt with hold till they open truly it should lesse harme thee to take cold at Christmas than then ¶ To knowe how a man shall keepe himselfe in health IF thou wilte keepe thee long in helth then holde this rule that is to saye flye anger wrath and enuie gyue thee to mirth in measure trauaile sadlye so that thou sweate not to muche in the Sommer and namely the Caniculer dayes flye al manner of strong drinkes and hote spices brenning meates namely to haue them vsandly Faste not to long at morue Suppe not to late at nighte eate not hastelye nor eate but little at once and that that thou eatest chew it well euerye time that thou eatest rest a little rather after fleepe not thou vnder meale namely but of these iiii months That is to say Maye Iune Iuly and August And yet the lesse that thou stepest then the better it is to sleepe well in the waxing of the night and be earlye up in the morning tymelyer the better And euerye daye beware of wicked mystes that none enter in thee â—asting for thereof commeth great peâ—tilences great heate And in greate â—old and in pestilences eate much garlycke euerye day .ix. Safforne chyues it will doe thee much good Eate ynnough in winter eate ynough in Ver but eate but little in Sommer looke thy meate be well seasoned in Haruest beware of fruites for they are not good if it be giuen thee for medicine of all manner of meates sodden is the best eate not to many hote spices nor eate but little at once for better it were to eate .vii. times on the day then once thy fyll fleshe is more nourishinge then fyshe eate not to muche sowre meates nor salte for they will make thy bones sore looke thy drinke be not to newe ne to olde sweete powdred meates be moste holesome Of al thinges take measure and no more for in measure restes Vertue And that Sayntes did holde them to ¶ To knowe what perrillous dayes come in the chaunge of euery Moone IN the chaunge of euerye Moone be ii dayes in the which what thing soeuer is begon late or neuer it shall come to good ende and the dayes be full perillous for many thinges In Ianuary when the Moone is iii. or iiii In February .v. or .vii. In March .vi. or .vii. In Aprill .v. or .viii. In May viii or ix In Iune .v. or .xv. In Iuly iii. or .xiii. In August .viii. or .xiii. In September .viii. or .xiii. In October .v. or .xii. In Nouember .v. or .ix. In December .iii. or .xiii. Astronomers sayeth that vi dayes in the yeare are perilous of death And therfore they forbid men to be let blood on them or take any drinkes That is to saye The thirde daye of the Moneth of Ianuary The fyrste daye of the Moneth of Iuly The seconde daye of the Moneth of October The last daye of the Moneth of Aprill
The first day of August The laste daye going oute of December ¶ These vi dayes wyth greate dillygence oughte to be kepte but namely the latter iii. for all the vaynes are then full For then whether man or beaste be knit in then wythin vii dayes or certaynly wythin xiiii dayes they shall dye And if they take anye drinkes wythin xv dayes they shall dye And if they eate any goose in these iii. dayes wythin xl dayes they shall dye And if any chylde be borne in these iii. â—atter dayes they shall dye a wirked death ¶ Astronomers and Astrologyers sayeth that in the beginning of Marche the vii night dâ— the xiiii daye lette thee blood of the right arme And in the beginning of Aprill the xi daye on the lefte arme And in the end of May iii. or v. day on whether arme thou wilte And thus of all that yeare thou shalte sykerly be warish from the Feuers and from the falling gowte and from the fyster gowte and from losse of thy sight Bial magest in sente loqui of Ptholomei Eche mans body is ruled by a certaine signe of the Zodyack Wherefore as sayeth Ptholomens in the place of bone If thou be sycke in any limbe doe no medicine vnto that lymbe when the Moone is in the sygne of that lymbe for it shall rather hynder then fourther And namely flee blood letting at that time of those lymbes Thus shalte thou knowe whiche sygnes reigneth in whiche lymbes The Bull reigneth in the neck and in the throate ouer all The Gemuse reigneth in the shoulders armes and haudes The Creues or Lobster reigneth in the breast stomacke and limbes arteries the mylte heart lyuer and gall and those iii. be the signes of Ver. The Lyon reigneth in the backe syde bones sinewes and gristles The Mayde reigneth in the wombe Myddryfe and Guttes And also she reygneth other whyle in the stomacke lyner gall and mylte and other nutâ—ise limbes beneath the middrife And the Crab in the hearte lunges and arteries and other smale lymbes about the middryfe and those three signes are in Sommer The Ballaunce reigneth in the nauill and in the reignes and the lower partes of the wombe The Scorpyon reigneth in the bladder in the arse and in other preuy harneâ—s and in the maryes The Sagittaries â—eâ—â—neth in the thyes and buttockes and these three are signes of haruest The Caprycorne reygneth in the knees The Aquarie reygneth in the legges and ancles The Fyshe reygneth in the Feete and those three be the sygues of wynter ¶ Saturne Iupster Mars Soll Venus Meâ—â—â—…y and Lund ¶ Saturnus is cause of deth dearth and place ¶ Iupster is muse of long peace rest and vertuous liuing ¶ Mars is cause of â—ynâ—s debate and warre ¶ Soll is cause of lyfe health and waring ¶ Venus is cause of lusty loue and Lechery ¶ Mercury is caise of much speeche Marchanâ—â—…â—eightes ¶ Luna is cause of moystones greate waters and vyolent floudes Saturne hower is good and strong to doe all thinges that asketh strength onely and to noughte else saue to battayle for it is wonderous euill that man or woman that hath that starre Saturne to hys plannet he is melancolyous black and goeth swiftelye he hath a voyde heart wicked and bitter as wormewoode he will lightlye be wroth he is ianâ—…ous witty couetous and yrerons he eateth hastely and is false and most what louing to lye and hath shining eyen as a Ent he hath in the forehead a marke or a wounde of fyre he is poore and his cloathes are rent vnto a tyme and thus he hath open sygnes and all his couetous is by other mens possessions and not by bys owne Iupiter hower is good in all thinges namely to peace loue and accorde Who that hath thys starre to hys Planet â—…he is sangâ—â—… ruddye and goeth a large pace neyther to swifte nor to softe his stature is seemely and shyninge hes hath a fayre vysage louelye semblaunce fayre lyppes fayre heares and a shining broade face fayre bâ—…vies hys cloathes are good and stronge he is sweete peaceable and softe Mars hower is euill and not full euill it is better by night then by daye For it is Masculyne on the night and Femynine on the daye It is good to doe anye thing but wyth greate strength by nighte it is good to enter battayle and also by daye but not so much good as by nighte Who that hath this starre to hys Planet hys making is of good defence and often tymes his face is red with blood hys face is small and sotell and laughinge and he hath eyen as a Catte And all the dayes of hys lyfe he wyll accuse many men of euill hee hath a wounde of a sworde in his face he is moste Colericke And thus he hath open signes ¶ Soll hower is worste of all other howres no man in this hower maye do his will saue Kynges and Lordes and that wyth greate strength Who that in this hower entreth battayle hee shall be deade there Who that hath this starre to his Planet He hath sharpe eyen greate speeche and wicked thoughtes in hys heart he is wicked and auarous neyther whyte nor blacke but betwixte both hee hath a marke in the face or a wounde and hath a wound in hys body of fyre and he is right wicked and grudging in hys deedes Venus hower is good in all thinges and it is better on nyghte than on daye euer till myddaye at midday it is not good for the sunne couereth it On Sunday the ix hower is Venus hower sue not then to anye Lord ne potestate for if thou doe thou shalte fynde him wrothe Who that hath this starre to his Planet namelye if he be borne by night in Venus hower he is whyte and hath a rounde face little foreheade rounde beard he hath a myddle nose and myddle heere 's of eyen he is laughing and lentigious and he hath a marke in the face hys making is fayre and playne and oft tymes his nether lip is greater then the ouer And who that is borne vnder Venus when she is not in full power he hath a sharpe nose and somewhat crooked fayre heere 's softe eyen of running water the is a singer he longeth much of games and loueth them well and his tales he sweete Mercurious hower from the begynninge to the middle is good in all thinges and from the middle to the ende it is harde and it is not much better on nighte then on day and eche tyme of the nighte and daye hee standeth before the Sunne or behynde therefore hee hath hys power muche more by nighte then by daye from morne to the fyfte hower of the day he hath his power and from thence to the nynth he hath no power Who that hath this starre to hys planet he hath a sharpe stature and a sharpe long face long eyen long nose great heere 's of hys eyen and thicke narowe forehead long bearde thynne heere long armes long fyngers long feete
hee is of Mars ¶ Adam 31. Andren 12. Aldon 25. Nufos 12. Benaster in is 92. Becus 9. Dauid 9. ¶ Also here followeth another A.B.C. to knowe by of what sygne in the Zodyack euery man is that is to say vnder which sygne he is borne and to whyche sygne he is moste lyke Also here by thou mayest knowe hys fortune and the momente in the which he shall dye Also here by thou maye knowe thy fortune and infortune of manye thinges Townes Cities and Castles ¶ A 2. B 2. C 20. D 41. E 5. F 24. G 3. H 20. I 10. K 13 L 42. M 12. N 22. O 21. P 21. Q 24. R 27. S 22. T 91. V 13 X 20. Y 20. T 7 ¶ If thou wylte knowe by thys A.B.C. anye man as it is sayde before take hys name and hys mothers name And also if thou wilte knowe of anye Towne by thys A.B.C. as it is sayde before then take that Townes name and the name of the Cyttye of Ierusalem for that is the mother of all Townes and then account the letters of the names by the number of thys A.B.C. and when thou haste all done departe it by 28. and if 1. or 2. be ouer then that that thou seekest longeth to the Weather and if 3. or 4. or 5. be ouer then that that thou séekest longeth to the Bull and if 6. or 7. be ouer then longeth it to the Iemuse and if 8. or 9. be ouer then longeth it to the Crabe and if 10.11 or 12. then longeth it to the Lyon and if 13. or 14. then longeth it to the Virgine and if 15. or 16. be ouer then longeth it to the Balance and if 17.18 or 19. then longeth it to the Scorpyon and if 20. or 21. then longeth it to the Sagitarie and if 22. or 23. then longeth it to the Caprycorne and if 24. or 25. then longeth it to the Aquary and if 26.27 or 28. then longeth it to the Fyshe ¶ Another Alphabet DEparte anye thing in 7. by the proper name of these letters A. will tell whiche of the 7. it is by the ouer number deuided by 9. A. 3. B. 4. C. 2. D. 2. E. 2. F. 4. G. 2. H. 5. I. 3. K. 5. L. 6. M. 25. N. 25. O. 12. P. 13. Q. 15. R. 8. S. 13. T. 2. V. 23. X. 98. Y. 56. Z. 34. ¶ To knowe the weather that shall bee all the yeare after the chaunge of euerye Moone by the Pryme dayes SVndaye Pryme drye weather Munday Pryme moyst weather Tuesday Pryme colde and wynde Wednesday Pryme meruaylous Thurseday Pryme fayre and clere Fryday Pryme fayre and fowle Suturday Pryme rayne ¶ A Rule to knowe vppon what Letter what hower and what minute as followeth Pryme vppon hora mynutes A 29. 9. B 4. 5. C 13. 1 D 20. 18. E 18. 12. F 21. 4. G 13. 20. EVermore thus reigneth these feuen planets First reigneth Saturne then Iupiter then Mars then Soll then Venus then Mercurye and then Luna Saturne is Lord on Saturday Iupiter is lord on Thursday Mars is Lord of Tuesday Soll on Sunday Venus on Friday and Mercury of wednesday and Luna on Munday Saturne Iupyter Mars Soll Mercury is masculine That is to say Mankinde Venus and Luna are Feminine that is to say womankind Saturne Mars and Luna are euill Planets Iupyter soll and Venus be good Planettes and Mercury is chaungeable On Saturdaye the fyrste hower after midnighte reygneth Saturne the seconde hower Iupiter the third hower Mars the iiii hower Soll the v. hower Venus the since hower Mercury the vii hower Luna And then againe Saturne the viii hower and Iupiter the ix hower Mars the x. hower Soll the xi hower Venus the xii hower Mercurye the xiii hower and Luna the xiiii hower Then agayne the thyrde of day time Saturne the xv hower Iupyter the xvi hower Mars the xvii hower foll the xviii hower Venus the xix hower Mercury the xx hower and Luna the xxi hower And then agayne the iiii tyme saturne the xxii hower Iupyter the xxiii hower Mars the xxiiii hower And then beginneth soll in the hower after midnighte on the sunday Venus the second hower Mercury the thirde hower Luna the iiii hower saturne the fyfte hower And so forth hower by hower and Planet by Planet in order as they stande Eche Planet to hys owne daye reygneth euermore certaynely the tyrste hower the viii hower the xv hower and the xxii hower And so fourth euermore one after another And nexte after that reygneth the Planet that is nexte in order as thus Saturne Iupyter Mars Soll Venus Mercurius and Luna ¶ Of the moste best and profytablesse dayes that be in the yeare to let blood IN the beginning of March that is to saye the vi and the tenth daye thou shalte drawe out blood of the right arme In the beginninge of Aprill of the lefte arme and that in the xi daye for the sight In the ende of Maye of which arme thou wylte and that agayne the Feuer and if thou so doest neyther thou shalte lose thy sighte nor thou shalte haue no Feuers how long thou lyuest ¶ Quot retinente vita et non mortis Imago Si semperfuerint viuens morietur et infra  Goodhap Mishap Mishap  Best 1. 13.  Sorrowe 2. 14. 24. 3. 16. 26. 4. 17. 23. Best 6. 18. 27. Dearth 11. 8. 10.  20.  ¶ Est vesper Eplaton deampulle Philosophie Vita 5. 19.  Heauines 7. 21. 28. 9. 22. 29. Vita 12. 25. 30. Ioye 15.    Vita Ioye Ioye  Collige per numeroes aliquid cupis esse phandre Iunge simullatum feriaque Diem A. iii. B. vi C. xii D. xx E. xxvi F. xxv G. iii. K. xv L. xxi M. xv N. xxii O. xx P. xiiii Q. xvi R. iiii S. xxix T. xxviii V. iiii X. vi Y. vi Z. iii. Sunday xiii Munday xviii Thuesday xv Wednesday xxv Thurseday xi Fryday xv Saturday xxvi ¶ Thus endeth the Speare of Platon WHo so euer in the vii daye of Marche letteth him blood in the righte arme in the leuenth daye of Aprill in the left arme he shall not lose the sight of his eyen And in the fower or fyfte last daye of Maye in both armes be letten blood he shal haue no feuers Whosoeuer in the fyrste day of each moneth falleth into anye infyrmitye the thyrd day ensuing is to dred which if he passe he shall escape tyll thirtye dayes Who so falleth in the seconde day is to dread which if he passe though he long be sick he shal be deliuered He that falleth in the thirde daye at nexte shal be deliuered He that falleth sycke in the iiii daye he shall bee greeuouslye to the xxviii daye whiche if hee passe he shall escape He that falleth the fyft daye thoughe he suffer greeuously he shall escape He that falleth in the sixte day though he seeme to be healde neuer the latter in the fyfte daye of